Educational Publishers Forum Meetings

On November 17-18, the IPA Educational Publishers Forum was held in Antwerp and was hosted by the IPA member, the Flemish Educational and Scientific Publishers Association (GEWU). Later in November, the African EPF held an online meeting.

The GEWU briefed the meeting on the current educational environment in Flanders where a new Education Minister is proposing a large scale overhaul of the curriculum across the board. The IPA-EPF offered the GEWU broad assistance with communications and lobbying if they required it. The Danish Rights Alliance presented an account of their work in trying to curb the illegal sharing of digital textbooks in Denmark. Another presentation came from the European Education Publishers Group which focused on results of a survey of their members on the use of AI in schools and by educational publishers. Outgoing EPF Chair, Brian Gilsenan initiated a strategic discussion on the structure of EPF meetings and a schedule for 2026.